A sleight of hand by fate hurled the innocent, young and jovial Raghupati Sahay into depths of despair from which he never recovered. What emerged was a tormented poet, Firaq Gorakhpuri, raging against the world at large, especially his near and dear ones, who poured his heart out into his poetry. Firaq Gorakhpuri is a candid, sensitive and intimate portrayal of one of the most influential premodern Urdu poets whose personal life was not only chaotic, but also highly controversial.